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Reply to "The helicopter parents won - a look back"
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[quote=Anonymous]If helicopter parenting worked for producing extraordinary kids, we would have a huge swath of them performing at the highest levels, higher than ever before. I don't think the evidence bears that out. There is a bell curve, most kids fall within the curve and then there are the outliers. I myself have three kids with varying degrees of success and the input for all three was basically the same. This is just another tool to make parents feel not good enough. I believe that most kids are like trees, you can prune and shape them to some extent, you need to water and fertilize, but they are going to grow into the type of tree they are. I know that is kinda corny but it helps me to understand and accept the uniqueness of each of my kids.[/quote]
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